Keep an Open Mind - Listen to Both Sides

I have a hard time, as I've gotten older, staying calm about stuff that upsets me, like the rising national debt, not being able to pay for all the programs our "entitlement society" thinks they deserve, Obamacare, the V.A. fiasco, the Bergdahl swap, and now Hillary Clinton's run for the Presidency.

I tell myself, "You are older now, and you need to mellow, not get upset." I sincerely try to look at issues differently, see the other side's point of view. My one year stint on the D & C Editorial Board as Community Member broadened my horizons and allowed me to see the merit of opposing views. Now, as a member of the Board of Contributors, I feel compelled to understand opposing views, even though I remain opinionated and passionate about many issues. I read responses to my blogs and try to "take in" the points made by those who disagree with me. They do make some good points.

With all this in mind, we now have two years worth of listening to the media over report on Hillary Clinton's Presidential run. I, personally, cannot stand the thought of it. The woman has shown terrible judgment and basically not accomplished anything significant in her entire political career, and she is less qualified than Obama was when he ran for the office (look how THAT turned out), but that is just my opinion.

Those of you who like her now have her memoirs, "Hard Choices," to fawn over. But let me urge you to keep an open mind, and, in the spirit of "listening to both sides," read "Failed Choices," an e-book rebuttal disputing her memoirs' claims. I am sure the "facts" are somewhere in the middle of what these two publications put forth. I intend to now read both.